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La Grande Evening Observer
Frnnk Schiro, Publisher
FRIDAY KVKXIXn, APIUI- fi. 1!) I.'i
I'tige Two
Fruit's Almost Ripe
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EVENING OBSERVEK'S
PROGRESS PROGRAM
IRRIGATION Complete lh Grande
Ronde y alley irrigstW projl.
LA GRANDE A city of lO.tHH)
Estemi the city MwiU.
TODAY'S TEXT
Aiul Daviii bvok all the fWVs ar.J
herds, which they lirave U'fore those
other cattle, and said. This is David's
spoil. 1 Samuel 150:20.
I'nitrd MY Stand
Sunday. April S. there will be at Kluin
under the auspices of the Uxl and Gun
club of that community, a rneotins of
representatives of 2i' spnntsmen's ov
pani7atiois from four eastern Orecon
counties. I'niun. Wallowa, Haker and
Imatill.
l'uryt"'' of the meeting wfll Ik? the
(Vrmiition of an eastern Oroeon stvrti
inen's conned to tentatively stated:
"Foster, mcrvase and propagate the
wild life of eastern Oivjron. and to act
as a medium for passing on to the state
yame comr-sion the sentiments of the
spoilsmen of eastern Oiegun relative to
the fish and same laws of this siVt'.oJi
of Oregon.
"To cvvpeiate with all cw.wvation
oijraiiiriitions in the pnpas::r.ion and
conservation of same, to the end thai
there shall Iv an abundance of same for
our sportsmen and remrr.irii: so.Uiicis."
1'veiy sjvrtiiuan m the area should
rally to the cause.- with particular . re
ference to those of I'nion and Wallowa
counties, shirts centers of this sU.te
and jsletitia1!y the pivatest stvits re
gion in the I'nited States.
Paster:; Oregon has much to ofscT
sportsmen, .if its natural rosiv.rve in
the -x.i.v oj :":sn at:i -;a:r.e ate ;iv;vrly
i'Velosl. Ihvjt r ue elopmer.t fails yt:
thehoiilder.oi the state Wsh and e.arne
cumin -sion. . .
Funny Itusiness
Our lakes and streams are a potential
veritable paradise for the sportsman
when (hey become properly stocked and
receive full attention hum the fish and
tame commission.
These lakes and streams can serve
not only the fish-:rmen of eastern Ore
gon but of the entire state of Oregon.
Penally important, they can Income a
hiarhly attractive drawing card for tour
ists of this nation.
In the post-war future, Oivpon ex
pects to draw heavily from the tourist
trade. Sports and other recreation faci
lities wili do more to bring them than
any other single factor.
Our forests are a good haven for
iU'.iv.e -- yame which is projxrly pro
tected from the predator hunter and
1'ivm the ravages of ratine.
Sotting of deer and elks seasons on
an overlapping Or consecutive Ikisis has
;vi hoi:; to the best interests of cur
;:an;e. Cries of our sjvtrtiunen have soiie
unheeded,--! oiuuse ti.e sportsmen were
liot or..:an;.:ed .sufficiently to make their
voices heard.
Deer and elk huntinir and all other
types of himtin.sr. too. will draw many
tourists to Pastern Oregon and further
on into Ore-iron if they are propagAUxJ
ami iHvtoc'.ed front the point of view
of offcrms the pre.v.est amount of
i iir.tir.c to ti.e prvatest numlcr of lx
p'e. without .iiopat ui.'ttijr the existence
of the s-me.
There are many ether proUt'tv.s, too
ina:: to state hare.
The si-oi tsmen o.f the area are on the
r'pht track. . Orsmtiration of a strong
spottsnteri's council will enable Them to
study the fish and came situation from
r''o ri'lrt of view of the Ust interests
of all.
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the::: to speak with force
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By DREW PEARSON
WASHINGTON Over in the Pentagon
building, the military problem which the
generals are watching and worrying about
most today is supplies. Actually it's nut
the production of supplies on the home front
wliiclt so much concerns the army, but
getting them from the channel ports to the
fast-moving western front. If gasoline,
bread and bullets Can keep up with the
tanks and armored' cars ef Generals Patlon.
Simpson and HodgLs, then not much in th'.'
way of German resistance is expected.
But the inside fact during Patlon's light
ning advance' was that he ran out of gas
and supplies; and he stayed out of gas and
supplies for .12 long days. He was power
less to move. That was the turning point
in the war last year.
This hitherto untold chapter of the west
em front campaign occurred in September,
after Patton's spectacular tank dash across
France to the edge of Germany. It reveals
uiie the sore spots in the European pic
ture and one reason why the military sched
ule, which called for victory last autumn,
got sidetracked.
Gtneral Pa'.ton, whom the Germans fear
most, had been rushed out ahead and was
being used as a decoy to diwrt attention
from the First and Ninth armies, which were
scheduled to mas against the mere vulner
able northwest German border. But Palton
ran out of gasoline, and had to wait, chew
ing his nails, with empty fuel tanks.
General Eisenhower ordered mountains of
supplies sent direct from the United States.
But although civilian production at home
got the blame, the real bottleneck was not
In the United States, but with the entire
distribution system in France. In fact, this
has been the subject of dri.stic inside in
vestigation by top generals in the Pentagon
building.
Rd Ball Hiahwir
In the last war, U. S. transportation in
France was under W. W. Atterbury, presi
dent of the Pennsylvania railroad. In this
war, transportation and supply distribution
have lxen kept under professional army
men. Instead of recruiting railroad and
trucking experts, two West Pointers, Lieut.
Gen. John Clifford Hodges Lee and his
deputy. Brig. Gen. Royal B. Lord, took over
the job.
Criticism of supply has been such in
side the army tr.e General Marshall ordere
a personal oprobe, Und even Gen.' B. B.
Somervell, in cotnand of services of supply,
wrote a critical four-paje report and sent
Maj. Gen. Leroy Lutes to France to report
on the situation. Lutes took with him a
slaff of colonels, made n thorough survey,
and submitted a blistering report urging
that the entire supply set-up in Franco be
revamped including those in command.
Endless meetings followed in the Penta
gon building at winch effort3 were made to
patch up the mistakes. This was ot the
time when an army propaganda drive talked
about failures on the home front and said
that men in the front lines were left with
out supplies.
Meanwhile a representative of Time
magazine was taken in General Lee's spe
cial airplane for a tour of the supply front,
and later published a glowing description
of the supply job. That description, how
ever, did not correspond with the highly
critical report of General Lutes.
One criticism was that the much-advertised
"Red Ball Highway" under Maj. Gen.
Frank S. Ross was not sufficient to carry
war goods from the channel ports to the
front. Meanwhile, insufficient railroad
troops and equipment were taken to France
to repair the battered French railroads.
Supplies Gt Mixed
Another criticism was that supply officers
had mixed up the bills of lading, so that
some ships had to sit for days while a com
plete inventory of cargo was retaken. Also,
supplies got so mixed that a front-line com
mander needing 104 mm. shells would get
carloads of 155 mm, while an outfit wantina
C rations would get a mountain of K rations.
As a result, front - line commanders
complained that they couldn't start
an offensive for fear their supply lines
would fail to keep up with them. This
situation is believed partly responsible for
General Bradliy's inability to launch a full
strength general offensive simultaneously
aong the western front last fall.
General Somervell himself made a per
sonal inspection of the situation and as
signed Maj. Gen. Thomas B. Larkin to prop
up Leo anud Lord. Meanwhile, the Penta
See WASHINGTON . . . Page 6
WE, THE WOMEN
Br BUTH MILiXTT
In Toledo. Ohio, a woman who charged
that her husband frequently fell asleep
while smoking ciarets leceived a divorce
on grounds of -gross neglect."
Un't that set-.ing a dangerous precedent?
Think of all the wives Vhcn wc again
have govKi cars and go,i tires who could
charge their husbands .th "gro neglect"
tfriuK they drive too fait aid don't listen
to the advice of ' the family's back seat
driver.
And think of the men who cou'.d brin4
divorce procteiir.j:s ainM Ihtnr wives for
the ross r.g!ec:" of V"? womn who
bicks into other cars when trying :o pari
and tear off gorjge doors. ,
And the b.-uicgrooms who are sure their
health is suffering from the meals they get
at Rome. P.xir cooking cou!.i be grjss nt
Kct. toe. couldn't it?
Fur-uiun-Monring. Toe
And so could a wife's moving the furni
ture around so often that a man always
stumbles over it in the dark. And a hus
band's insisting on driving home after a
cockuil p.;r:y at which he has done a little
too much celebrating.
Couples even the, most happily mated
have a tendency to blame all their accidents
around a house on each other. "If you just
wouldn't init on putting . these blamed
little rugs around everywhere," a man says
w hen he picks himself up after slipping on
a scatter rug.
Anj. "I told you you ought to fix that
back p.rch step," a wife says after jtie trips
on a loose board.
See ho-.v busy the divorce courts would be
ii husbands and wives were encouraged to
g-et divorces for 'gross neglect" which is
nothing but everyday careiessress.
Behind Scenes in Washington
PETER CDSON. La Saad Evtaiag Observe Weehinqtoa Canaepaadaai
WASHINGTON Anti-Trust division of
the Department o! Justice will sCon enter
'.he picture ts an active ijC.jr in determin
ing who can buy whit s-irclus government
property, if'its orijunai cost ws more than,
a. miliion collars. Now in preparation for
iM-uaace lr. the r.r future U a Dtjiirt
mer.t of Justice :r.rr.or..n.inm which wtU
be i guidebook on wr.r.t ccnditions of the
Sherman Anil-Trust Law a preface live pur
crieser will have to rr.ext. and. what he will
hav e to de' or be to get jirporva!. Assistant
Attorney General, Weiyiil. Borge. in charge
c-f the Ant -Trust ' ir. ..-:.. has already
started :i tram a s"-aif ro process thfe
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Tt- cvn:r..-u:iori any sa'.e ,i .'.1 rr.ke to ari
l..l -. r.:;jioyrr.cr.; v. ihus rx-crr.e 4
t.-: .: -rit i.r any live prvr.:.
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private i.-.dustr-, a couple of complicating
factrrs enter the picture. '
First the Small Business Committee of
the senate has launched an investigation
of the light' metal industry. That lends an
other iecideaiy ar.ti-ix.orer.polistx' cut to
ti-.e arocx-eiiags. .
SrconJ. the U. S. Circuit Court of Hew
York, a.tir.g for the Supreme Court, has
ruie-d lhat the. Aluminum Company of
America i;d formerly have a mcnopo' on
, ing't rr.-.uction. The point generally over
looked -.sas that the Circut-Court withheld'
i-j-iinun: on whether the Aluminum Com
rvry s-.culd be dissviwd. saving in effect
that this snould wait on uisposai of gDvem
mem'.tV.cilrties to see what the "artem of
p.st-war ownership might turn out to be.
Ir.e implied threat here is that if th
es of sur- Al.Tr.r.u.-n 'Company aevjuirt much add:
on 1! :ha ti.tai' -r. jot producing capacity it will have
to to c c.af .lived as a m.onjro.y. .
m-' Asks GoTermeal Guarantees
le- A rt.-e-i government witness before the
so. Sm.a.i Business cer.n-uttt. Samuel Ntrment
es. of t.-.e Beoneviue Foer Airr.1njtrat.0n,
..-j e er v. -:nt so far as to say that the gcv-
a '.rr.ii-.r.: sr.iud make such favorable teres
a.' .e..-. . r .ae to te rrrnu.-ers tna: tneir
.T..-i-.i A.uni be g-arin'f f.r .ve years,
t"-v.V. juier.ases Kr a s:T.ir.ent itock-
rrirtTr.t of Justice ?t its authr-ity
t.''av.e r. swrjlui property iir.'a; from
v; ;ot.n.-es C;ifc-si ntr-.e-i to rtfci'J tai
r.f-t t i'ppi-o.e salva o.' pr-ooi.-ties ccsiing
:ce t.-i- ft. miiiicra (trUars. But in the
S-rji.s Pxnef.y A- tna Department of
J-itio as given autho.jr.' to rass an the
di-'ty sui ii a'J prtT-fTiues oAtmt more tuan
ir mii'.i n d.-lrs. and :f me War Mcoiii
ratitn a.-.i Recocversiur. Act Justice a re-
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"With your experience here selling groceries, your father should
suggest that lhey quit making you dig foxholes, and give you a
job managing a post exchange!"
9 McKENNEY ON BRIDGE
By WM. E. McKENNEY, America's Card Authority
W.RREN BID MAKES
SLAM CHOICE EASY
(This is the third of three
articles on the Warren slam
convention.)
As already stated, most slam
conventions show aces first, then
in a later rebid disclose the kings
which the responder holds. How
ever, using the Warren slam con
vention, these key cards are
shown in the same response, and
thus, upon the basis of the re
sponse to the slam convention.
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Pass
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Opening J.
But
Pass
Pass
Pass
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When the opening lead was
made, South was able to spread
his hand and claim all the tricks.
His fortunate choice of nd trump
rather than hearts avoided the
only possibiliay of disaster.
o IN FORMED
YEARS
30 Years Ago
Members of the farmers' union
have drafted resolutions asking
the city commission to provide
hitching racks near the business
district.
John Costello, who at one time
was a brakeman for the O.-W.,
was ordained -i priest at Mt. An
gel college. He is the nephew of
Martin King, who with Costello
will go to . Alexandria, near
Omaha, where Father Costello
will celebrate his first mass.
Fred B 0 c k ' of La Grande
bought the only butcher shop
and meat busines in Condon and
is at work in his new location.
The family remained here until
school closed.
it may be easier to decide wheth
er to stop at a sure six or try
for a certain seven.
In today's hand, after North's
trump response to the heart bid.
South was not fearful about the
safety of a contract of six. but
when he bid four no trump, and
his partner responded with five
no trump, showing five points.
South could safely contract for
the grand slam, and rightly
chose no trump as the final con
tract to avoid the possibility of a
first round ruff, as thirteen tricks
culd be counted in top cards
Questions & Answers
Q Why is Speyer, Germany,
noteworthy?
A It is the oldest city on the
Rhine, dating from the 5th cen
tury B. C. Speyer has been in
vaded by Caesar. Attila, Louis
XIV and Patton. Prewar popula
tion 30,000.
IS Yean Age " '
Claude C. Pratt and his family
returned to La Grande after hav
ing been away a year and a half,
during which they traveled more
than 17.500 miles. Pratt operated
a lumber company in La Grande
for many years.
Climbing to 78 degrees. Old Sol
gave the Grande Ronde Valley a
summer day, a record breaking
temperature for this time of the
year.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hanks and
son, lb, drove to Salt Lake City
to attend the centennial celebra
tion of the LDS church.
Q Does liberated Albania
have its on government?
A Tnere is a government
headed by Col.-Gen. Enver Hox
ha: he asks recognition from the
allies.
10 foexi Ago
The first carload of vinegar
from La Grande was shipped east
by the Blue Mountain Vinegar
company, in a special car with
8.000 gallons capacity. Upon its
return it will again be filled and
reshipped. The plant started '
operation in August.. All apples
used for the making of vinegar
were obtained in this valley.
Eddie Hot'mann caught the .
limit, 20 trout, at Catherine
Creek, the first day of the sea
son. Steelhead fishing continued
popular despite the opening of
the trout soasnn.
This Curious World
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4 JJ WVjl ( CvE T'5 HEADS,-WITH AtCOTH- ' Q
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